Frameless spectacles.



J. SAVOIE.

FRAMELESS SPECTACLES.

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UNITEDl sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

`TOSEPH SAVOIE, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH'lO EDWARD C. GLINES, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ANI) ONE-FOURTH TONAPO- LEON HERBERT. OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND.

rami/rames SPECTACLES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1909.

Patented .Tune 29, 1909.

Serial No. 488,101.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Savoia, a, subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Central Falls, in the county of Providence 'andState of Rhode Island, have invented vcertain new and usefull'i'nprovements in Iframeless Spectacles, of `which the fol lowing' is aspecification.

In a patent of the United States, granted to me March 16th, 1909, No.915,487, on

frameless spectacles, certain features of construction are set forth andclaimed.

. My present invention has relation to spectacles of the characterreferred to and it consists in the novel manner of positioning` thetemple-holding-wires, so-called, and also in the manner of securing thelatter to the nosepiece .or bridge, as more particularly hereinafter setforth and claimed. j

In said patented Spectacles the bows are jointed respectively to thefree ends of bendable oppositcly disposed holding-wires .extendingaround the upper portion of but disconnected from the lenses, `andlixedto the rear ends of the bridge member.' In my present invention Ialso employ wire members, these, however, are each rigidly secured .tothe bridge at a point. immediately back of the lens and-bent to conformclosely to and being coincident or parallel With the periphery of thelower half of the lens.

An objection to spectacles as usually devised is that they areunprovided with means whereby When desired they may be readily adaptedto be supported by the sides of the Wearers nose instead of resting onthe bridge part. That is to say, in casethe bridge of the nose becomessore or irritated from any cause, as for instance as sometimes happensby supporting spectacles thereon. In spectacles embodying myimprovementherewith .provision is made so that they may may be readiladjusted to relieve theivcight or pressure of the spectacles normallyborne by the bridge of the nose thereby adapting the spectacles to besupported by the sides of thenose.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a back elevation of apair of frameless spectacles embodying my improvement, the temple-bowsbeing broken away. Fig.` 2 is aV corresponding top plan view, includingthe temple-bows. Fig. 3 is an end View corresponding with a sectiontaken on line et 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a front View showing how thewires` may bc bent so that the spectacles are adapted to be supported bythesides of the nose.

I would state here that the rimlcss lenses and the bridge or connectingmember employed may be constructed substantially as usual, except thatthe bridge-piece is adapted to have the bent wire members` o securedthereto.

In my improved spectacles A the two lens members 1 are connected bymeans of the interposed bridge or nose-piece b in the usual manner. At apoint b1 immediately back of the ears e, and also contiguous to theinner end of the corresponding lens, the bridge is slightly enlarged andta er-drilled, at b2, Fig. 4, to receive and hol the corresponding endof its wire member c. The said end portion of the wire is flattened to awedge form, c?, to fit opposite sides of said' hole. After the endportion c1 is inserted the surrounding metal is pressed or swaged snuglyaround and over the top end thereby rigidly securing the Wire inposition and preventing any movement whatever thereof.

The wire members, c, consist each of a piece of thin, light, resilientand bendablestock having its inner end lsecured to the bridge-piece I)as just described, its outer or free end being jointed to a temple-bow0. The latter are bent and adapted to pass over and back of the ears ofthe wearer and also adapted to bc folded inwardly llatwise when not inuse so as to be inserted in a ease. The wire c lics comparativelyclose'to the back of the lens (scc Figs. 2 and 3) and is bent normallyconcentric or parallel with theA edge of tho.lower half of it, as shownclearly in Figs. l and 4^. As thus devised and constructed it will beobserved that the wires, c, are inconspicuous, and in fact when in usethey are scarcely noticeable from the front side.

My improved rimless or frameless spectacle-s present a neat, light, andattractive appearance they are comparatively inexpensive to manufacture,and the liability of 'breaking the lenses is reduced to a minimum. Incase it becomes necessary or desirable. for any reason, to support the siectaclcs on the sides of the nose insteado resting on its bridge theWires may be readily bent at c2 l from them, and temple-bows jointed tothe for the purpose, sul'istantially as shown in Fig. That is to say,,the normal distance between the Wires c correspondingly contractedthereby causing or adapting thc spectacles. to be supported on the sidesot' the nose; as stated' c indicates the contacting points, the resultbeing te slightly elevate the spectacles from the former or normalposition wherein the member b rested directlyon the bridge ot the nose.

l/Vhat I' claim as my improvement and desire to secure by United StatesLetters Pat-- ent, is

l. As an improved article of manufact-nre, frameless spectacles havingtheir two lenses united at their inner ends by a. nose-pieceor bridge, apair of oppositely disposed bendable resilient Wire members secured tothe nose-piece, temple-bowsvgjointed to the outer or free ends ot' saidAWire members, and having each of the latter normally bent to conform toand lie parallel with the perimeter of the lower half of the lens andlocated at the back or'` and closely adjacent the lens, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a pair oi" 'ameless spectacles, the combination with the lensesand nose-piece, of a pair of bent oppositely disposed resilient Wiremembers secured to the nose-piece and extending downward therefrom in acurved form substantially parallel and coincident with the lower edgeportion of the lenses .and located at the back of but disconnected treeends et' the Wire members.

3. lo, traniel ss spectacles, a pair ot eppositely t isposeci iesiiientWire members se` cure-d to the nose-piece or bridge, cach Wire memberbeing located at the back of its lens and lying normally concentric withits lower edge, means connected with the tree ends et said Wire membersfor holding` the spectacles in por tion when in use, the Wire membersadapted to be bent so as to rest on the sides of the f the purposehereinbetore set forth.

et. l'n ramelcss spectacles or" the character described, the combinationwith the nosepiece provided with a taper-hole located at Y the baci; etthe lens, ot a. bent resilient Wire member hn an end thereof fitted insaid hole and secured therein ao'ainst axial move-- ment.. e

5. In frameless spectacles, the combination of the nose-piece having' amember thereof provided with a tapershaped hole, a bent resilient Wiremember having an end thereof flattened and rigidly secured in said hole,and a temple-bow connected to the other end oiE said Wire,

ln testimony .whereof l have atlixed my signature, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

JOSEPH SAVOE.

Witnesses:

' C. GLINES,

Grenen H. lll-sintieron.

